Sacramento County Property Tax 2026: Assessor Search & Bill

Sacramento County, California • 2026–27 property tax guide

Find Your Parcel, Tax Bill and Real Tax Rate

Start with Sacramento County Assessor Parcel Viewer when you know an address but not the 14-digit APN, then use ePropTax for the secured tax bill. Owner names are intentionally not displayed in the online Assessor search, while personal-property bills follow a different unsecured-tax workflow.

This guide explains the 2026–27 appeal window, Prop 13 calculation, homeowner exemption, secured versus unsecured taxes, business personal property, supplemental bills, payment deadlines, parcel maps and the exact offices to use when the online search cannot answer the question.

Choose My Property Tool Search by Address or APN Calculate California Property Tax

2026 assessment appeal July 2–Nov. 30 Current annual Assessment Appeals Board filing period.

Unsecured 2026–27 Due Aug. 31 Personal-property bills were mailed July 17, 2026.

Secured annual bill Usually October The prior year’s bill can remain online until the new annual bill is issued.

Parcel lookup Address or APN Online owner-name display is intentionally restricted.

Quick Answer: Assessor or Tax Collector?

Use the Sacramento County Assessor for assessed value, parcel information, maps, homeowner exemption, business-property assessment and assessment review. Use Tax Collection & Licensing for the actual secured or unsecured tax bill, payment, penalties and delinquency. Use the Assessment Appeals Board for a formal value appeal, and the County Clerk/Recorder for recorded deeds, deeds of trust and liens.

Independent-site disclosure: AssessorPropertySearch.org is an editorial guide and is not Sacramento County government. Do not send this website your tax-payment information, exemption documents, bank account details or appeal application.

Choose the Correct Sacramento County Property Office

The phrase “Sacramento County tax assessor” combines several separate jobs. Choose the result you need before opening another database.

Assessed value, parcel or exemption

Use the County Assessor for parcel details, assessed values, maps, homeowner exemption, changes in ownership, real-property appraisal and business-property assessment.

Official Sacramento County Assessor Open Assessor

Tax bill, balance or payment

Use Tax Collection & Licensing for secured real-estate taxes, unsecured personal-property taxes, payments, delinquent balances and collection questions.

Official Sacramento County Tax Collection Open Tax Collection

Formal assessment appeal

Use the independent Assessment Appeals Board when an informal Assessor review does not resolve a dispute or you want to preserve formal appeal rights.

Official Assessment Appeals Board Open Appeals Board

Deed, mortgage or lien

Use the County Clerk/Recorder when you need the recorded legal document rather than an Assessor parcel record.

Official Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder Search Recorded Index

Wrong-office mistake: the Assessor does not collect your property-tax payment, and the Tax Collector does not set the assessed value. A disagreement about a special district charge may belong to the agency that imposed the direct levy rather than either office.

How to Search Sacramento County Property by Address and Find the Tax Bill

The easiest workflow is address → APN → Parcel Viewer → ePropTax. Sacramento County’s tax system generally expects the 14-digit Assessor’s Parcel Number instead of a street-address search.

Open Assessor Parcel Viewer

Use the county’s public Parcel Viewer when you have a street address or want to identify a parcel visually.

Search the address or 14-digit APN

Address examples include formats such as 9700 GOETHE RD. If you already have the APN, enter the complete parcel number.

Select the correct parcel

Match address, tax rate area, land use, subdivision/map information and parcel geometry before relying on the result.

Save the 14-digit APN

The APN is the key identifier used to move from Assessor records to Sacramento County’s secured property-tax bill system.

Open ePropTax

Enter the APN to review the available secured tax bill, installments, direct levies, delinquent prior-year information and payment options.

Verify the fiscal year before paying

Until a new October annual secured bill is issued, the prior year’s bill can remain displayed online. Confirm the fiscal year, installment and amount before submitting payment.

Official Sacramento County Assessor Parcel Viewer Search by Address or APN

Can You Search Sacramento County Property by Owner Name Online?

Not through the public online Parcel Viewer. Sacramento County says owner information is withheld from the online Assessor search because of privacy concerns.

Know the address or APN?

Search the parcel online first. For ownership information associated with a specific secured parcel, contact the Assessor or use the public-information computers at the Assessor’s office.

Need “all property owned by John Smith”?

Do not expect the same reverse-owner-name functionality that some other California counties expose online. Sacramento intentionally restricts online owner information.

Need legal ownership proof?

Use the Clerk/Recorder’s recorded-document index and the actual deed or other conveyance record rather than relying only on an assessment roll.

Owner privacy does not make the parcel record private. Assessed value, APN, property address, exemptions, tax-rate area, land-use information, parcel maps and other public assessment data remain available through county records.

What Sacramento County Assessor Parcel Viewer Shows

Parcel Viewer is much more useful than a simple APN finder. The county maintains hundreds of thousands of parcels and provides several assessment and map fields directly in the selected record.

Parcel Viewer field	What it helps you verify	Important limitation
APN	The 14-digit parcel identifier needed for tax-bill and many county searches.	Copy every digit correctly before paying a bill.
Property address	Physical location, postal city and ZIP.	The owner mailing address can be different.
Tax Rate Area	Understanding which taxing-area rate applies.	The code alone does not show every direct levy on the bill.
Land value	Assessment allocation attributed to land.	It is not an independent market appraisal for a sale.
Improvement value	Assessment allocation for taxable improvements.	It does not equal insurance replacement cost.
Personal property / fixtures	Identifying assessment components when applicable.	Business personal property often follows the unsecured-tax workflow.
Exemption values	Checking homeowners’ or other exemption amounts reflected on the roll.	A pending application may not appear immediately.
Net assessed value	Understanding the taxable-value base before rates and direct levies.	It is not the final total tax bill.
Recorded map / block / lot	Subdivision and parcel-identification research.	Assessor mapping is not a legal survey.
Recent sales	Parcel-level recent-sale research.	A displayed sale does not by itself establish current market value.
Building characteristics	Limited residential/commercial improvement details.	Check discrepancies with the Assessor before relying on the data.

Map disclaimer: Assessor parcel lines are for assessment/reference purposes and may not match legal descriptions exactly. Use recorded maps, deeds and professional survey evidence for boundary or encroachment questions.

How to Find a Sacramento County Property Tax Bill

Sacramento ePropTax is primarily an APN-driven tax system. If you searched “Sacramento County assessor property tax bill by address,” first convert the address to its APN in Parcel Viewer.

Secured real-estate tax bill

Use the 14-digit APN in ePropTax to review current secured billing, due dates, direct levies, prior-year delinquent secured amounts and printable payment information.

Official Sacramento County ePropTax Open ePropTax

Personal-property tax bill

Boats, aircraft and business equipment do not use the same online-bill lookup. Sacramento County says personal-property tax bills are not available online; contact the Unsecured Property Tax Unit.

Unsecured Property Tax Unit: 916-874-7833 Unsecured Tax Information

Current-year display warning: Sacramento County keeps the previous annual secured bill online until the new annual bill is issued in October. In August 2026, do not mistake a displayed 2025–26 annual bill for the not-yet-issued 2026–27 annual secured bill.

Secured, Unsecured and Supplemental Property Tax Bills

Bill type	Typical property/event	Normal timing	Where to start
Annual secured	Land and real estate secured by the property.	Mailed once annually in October; paid in two installments.	ePropTax using the 14-digit APN.
Annual unsecured / personal property	Business fixtures/equipment, boats, aircraft and other unsecured assessments.	Annual personal-property bills are generally mailed in July and due in full by August 31.	Unsecured Property Tax Unit.
Supplemental	A change in ownership or completed new construction that changes taxable value.	Issued separately from the annual bill; timing depends on when the Assessor processes the event.	Assessor for value; Tax Collector for bill/payment.
Escape / correction	Taxable value that escaped prior assessment or a later roll correction.	Can be issued outside the normal annual billing cycle.	Read the notice/bill and identify whether the question is value or payment.

Sacramento County Tax Collector Personal Property Tax Unit

Two different county divisions are involved. The Assessor’s Personal Property Division determines taxable business-property values and receives statements. The Tax Collector’s Unsecured Property Tax Unit issues and collects the resulting unsecured bills.

Assessor Personal Property Division

Use for Business Property Statements, valuation of fixtures/equipment, business-location changes, leased equipment and assessment questions.

Business Property Assessment: 916-875-0730.
2026 Business Property Statement due April 1.
May 7 was the last day to file without the 10% late-filing penalty.
2026 e-SDR filing closed June 9.
California law does not provide an extension of these filing deadlines.

Official Assessor business-property resources Business Filing Dates

Tax Collector Unsecured Unit

Use after the assessment becomes a personal-property tax bill or when you need payment, delinquency or payoff assistance.

Phone: 916-874-7833.
Email: TaxPprop@saccounty.gov.
Public counter: 700 H Street, Room 1710.
Counter hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Phone hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Official Unsecured and Personal Property Taxes Unsecured Tax Unit

2026–27 status: Sacramento County mailed annual unsecured personal-property bills on July 17, 2026. The current last day to pay without delinquent penalties is August 31, 2026.

Who owes the personal-property tax after a sale?

The unsecured tax is generally the liability of the person or entity that owned, possessed or controlled the taxable personal property on the January 1 lien date. Selling business equipment, a boat or aircraft later in the year does not automatically transfer that tax liability to the buyer.

Late unsecured bill: Sacramento County adds a 10% penalty plus collection costs after delinquency. Continued nonpayment can lead to additional collection charges and enforcement tools. Do not ignore the bill simply because the underlying property was later sold.

How Are Property Taxes Calculated in California?

For a Sacramento County home, do not simply multiply today’s market value by 1%. California property tax begins with the property’s assessed value, subtracts applicable exemptions, applies the 1% constitutional base rate plus voter-approved bond debt, and then adds parcel-specific direct levies or special charges.

Taxable assessed value × (1% base rate + applicable voter-approved bond rate) + direct levies = approximate annual tax bill

Worked Sacramento County example

Step 1: Find taxable assessed value

Assume the current assessed value is $500,000 and the owner qualifies for the full $7,000 Homeowners’ Exemption.

$500,000 − $7,000 = $493,000 taxable assessed value.

Step 2: Apply an illustrative ad valorem rate

Sacramento County says its overall property-tax rate including bond debt averages roughly 1.1%. Using 1.10% only as an illustration:

$493,000 × 0.011 = $5,423.

$5,423 is not a prediction of the final bill. The actual tax-rate area can differ, and the bill can contain Mello-Roos, district charges, utility delinquencies or other direct levies that are not calculated as a percentage of assessed value.

How to calculate your own bill more accurately

Open Parcel Viewer and confirm the APN and net assessed value.
Check the Homeowners’ Exemption or other exemption amount reflected on the roll.
Open the actual ePropTax bill for the parcel.
Identify the ad valorem tax-rate component.
Review each direct levy separately.
Add the percentage-based property tax and direct levies to reach the total bill.

Prop 13: Why Your Assessed Value May Be Below Market Value

California Proposition 13 generally creates a base-year assessed value when property changes ownership or new construction is completed. That Prop 13 value can normally increase by no more than 2% per year for inflation until another reassessable event occurs.

Purchase or change in ownership

A taxable change in ownership generally establishes a new base-year value at fair market value as of the transfer date.

New construction

Completed taxable new construction can establish a new value for the newly constructed portion without necessarily resetting every pre-existing component.

Normal annual inflation

The Prop 13 factored base-year value generally cannot rise more than 2% annually for inflation.

Prop 8 exception: when January 1 market value falls below the Prop 13 factored value, a temporary decline-in-value assessment can be enrolled. As market value later recovers, that temporary Prop 8 value can rise by more than 2% in one year until it reaches the Prop 13 factored ceiling.

Why this matters: seeing an assessment increase more than 2% does not automatically prove Prop 13 was violated. First check whether the parcel had a change in ownership, new construction or temporary Prop 8 reduction.

Official Sacramento County Prop 13 guidance Review Prop 13 Rules

How Sacramento County Supplemental Property Taxes Are Calculated

A supplemental assessment is separate from the regular October secured bill. It commonly follows a change in ownership or completed new construction and taxes the difference between the new value and the prior taxable value for the remaining portion of the fiscal year.

Net supplemental assessment × applicable tax rate × monthly factor = supplemental tax or refund

Official monthly factors

Event month	Factor	Event month	Factor
January	0.42	July	0.92
February	0.33	August	0.83
March	0.25	September	0.75
April	0.17	October	0.67
May	0.08	November	0.58
June	1.00	December	0.50

Supplemental tax example

Assume a property has a $120,000 net supplemental assessment, an illustrative 1.10% rate and a qualifying event in September, which carries a 0.75 factor:

$120,000 × 0.011 × 0.75 = $990 estimated supplemental tax

Actual bill will differ when the tax rate, exemptions or event month differ. Use the Assessor’s actual supplemental notice and the Tax Collector’s bill rather than treating this example as a quote.

Why can there be two supplemental bills?

When a qualifying ownership/new-construction event occurs from January 1 through May 31, California’s fiscal-year structure can generate two supplemental assessments. Events from June 1 through December 31 generally generate one.

Do not expect the mortgage company to receive it

Sacramento County warns that a supplemental bill is generally mailed directly to the property owner rather than the mortgage lender. Check escrow instructions yourself.

No bill yet after buying? Do not assume nothing is owed. Sacramento County says change-in-ownership and new-construction appraisal processing can be delayed substantially, and supplemental assessments can arrive well after closing.

Official Supplemental Assessment Guide Supplemental Assessment Guide

Sacramento County 2026–27 Property Tax Calendar

January 1, 2026 — lien date

Taxable property is assessed as of 12:01 a.m. January 1 for the annual property-tax roll.

February 15 — full exemption filing deadline

This is the general timely deadline for a full qualifying property-tax exemption such as the Homeowners’ Exemption.

April 1 — business personal property statements due

Annual statements for business personal property, aircraft and boats are due.

May 7, 2026 — BPP late-filing penalty point

For 2026, this was the last day to file a Business Property Statement before the 10% late-filing penalty applied.

July 1–December 31, 2026 — informal Prop 8 review

Real-property owners can ask the Assessor for a free informal decline-in-value review.

July 2–November 30, 2026 — formal annual appeal period

The Assessment Appeals Board’s current 2026 announcement sets this annual filing window.

July 17, 2026 — unsecured personal-property bills mailed

Sacramento County announced mailing of 2026–27 unsecured personal-property bills on this date.

August 31, 2026 — unsecured taxes due without delinquent penalty

Pay the annual personal-property bill in full or confirm the correct payoff with the Unsecured Property Tax Unit.

October 2026 — annual secured bills normally mailed

One annual secured bill is issued with payment information for both installments.

November 1, 2026 — first secured installment due

California’s annual secured-tax schedule makes the first installment due November 1.

December 10, 2026 — first-installment penalty deadline

Pay by the applicable county deadline to avoid the standard first-installment delinquency penalty.

February 1, 2027 — second installment due

The second installment becomes due February 1. Sacramento County does not mail a separate second-installment reminder bill.

April 2027 — second-installment delinquency deadline

California normally uses April 10. Because deadline treatment can change when a date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, confirm the 2026–27 bill before relying on the calendar alone.

Sacramento County 2026 Property Assessment Appeal

There are two different paths: a free informal Assessor review and a formal Assessment Appeals Board application. Using the informal process does not extend the formal filing deadline.

Free informal Prop 8 review

For a real-property decline-in-value question, the Assessor accepts informal review requests from July 1 through December 31. There is no fee.

Formal 2026 annual appeal

The Assessment Appeals Board currently lists July 2 through November 30, 2026 for annual decline-in-value appeals and charges a $30 non-refundable processing fee per application/year.

How to prepare the BOE-305-AH application

Identify the exact assessment

Use the APN, assessment number, account number, fee number or tax-bill number shown on the applicable notice or bill, plus the property location.

Enter the roll value

Use the value shown on the assessment notice or tax bill for the year and category being appealed.

State your opinion of value

The official instructions say an application that does not state the applicant’s opinion of value will be rejected.

Select the correct appeal reason

Options include decline in value, change in ownership, new construction, business personal property/fixtures, audit, calamity, classification/allocation, penalty or another explained reason.

Do not attach hearing evidence to the application

The BOE-305-AH form specifically instructs applicants not to attach hearing evidence to the application. Evidence is presented for the hearing under the Board’s procedures.

Submit the original signed paper application and fee

Sacramento County currently accepts paper applications and requests blue ink for the original signature. Include the required $30 processing fee.

Filing an appeal does not stop tax-payment deadlines. Pay the tax bill when due. If the Board later reduces the assessment, the county can issue the appropriate tax adjustment or refund.

Special filing windows

Assessment type	General Sacramento filing rule
Annual secured / unsecured assessment	2026 current annual filing period: July 2–November 30.
Supplemental assessment	Generally within 60 days after the applicable mailing/postmark date of the supplemental notice or bill.
Roll correction / escape assessment	Generally within 60 days after the applicable notice mailing/postmark date.
Calamity reassessment	The application instructions provide a six-month filing period after mailing of the applicable reassessment notice.

Official Sacramento County Assessment Appeals Board

2026 Appeal Information BOE-305-AH Application PDF

Sacramento County Homeowners’ Exemption

California’s Homeowners’ Exemption reduces qualifying assessed value by $7,000. Sacramento County estimates that this usually saves about $70–$80 per year.

Basic eligibility

You must be an owner, co-owner or qualifying purchaser.
The home must be your principal residence.
Qualification is measured as of 12:01 a.m. January 1 for the annual exemption.
A rental, vacant property, vacation home or secondary residence does not qualify as your principal residence.

When to file

By February 15 for the full exemption.
February 16 through December 10 for an 80% partial exemption.
The program is free, but an application is required.
Verify the exemption value in Parcel Viewer after processing.

Bought after January 1? Your new ownership may create a supplemental assessment even though the annual October bill is still based on the January 1 roll. Homeowners’ Exemption treatment for the supplemental assessment has its own filing timing, so review the supplemental notice promptly.

Official Sacramento County Homeowners’ Exemption Check Homeowners’ Exemption

Sacramento County Property Tax Payment Methods and Fees

Method	Current county guidance	Practical check
Online e-check	No convenience fee for Sacramento County property-tax e-check payment.	Verify routing, bank-account number, APN, fiscal year and installment before submitting.
Online credit card	Current property-tax guidance lists a 2.29% processor convenience fee with a $1.95 minimum.	The fee goes to the payment processor rather than the county; confirm it at checkout.
In-person PIN debit	Current county guidance lists a $1.95 convenience fee.	Bring the correct bill or APN.
Mail	Timeliness can depend on a valid USPS postmark.	Do not assume a private postage-meter date will satisfy the statutory postmark rule.
Partial payment	Not accepted.	The Tax Collector says partial payments are returned for the correct amount due.

Returned payment: the county currently lists a $53 dishonored/returned-payment fee. A payment rejected after the delinquency deadline can also expose the account to late penalties.

Online deadline: Sacramento County advises taxpayers not to wait until the last minute. A technical problem that prevents completion before the payment deadline does not automatically qualify for a penalty waiver.

Official ePropTax and Tax Collector information Review / Pay Tax Bill

Mortgage Escrow, New Owners and Missing Tax Bills

Annual secured bill with impound account

Sacramento County sends an information copy to owners whose mortgage company has an impound account. Mortgage companies typically pay the annual secured tax in two installments.

No second reminder

The county issues one annual secured bill and does not send a new bill or reminder for the second installment. Calendar the February/April installment yourself.

New owner checklist

Find the parcel in Assessor Parcel Viewer.
Save the 14-digit APN.
Search the current and prior-year secured tax account.
Confirm whether the lender is paying through escrow.
Watch separately for a supplemental bill.
File the Homeowners’ Exemption when eligible.
Check the Clerk/Recorder index to confirm the recorded transfer if needed.
Update the Assessor mailing address when county correspondence is going to the wrong location.

Closing proration is not proof the county tax is paid. Tax prorations between buyer and seller are private closing adjustments. Search the official tax account after closing and again when annual/supplemental bills are issued.

Why the Sacramento Tax Bill Can Be Higher Than “About 1%”

Prop 13’s 1% base rate does not mean every Sacramento County tax bill equals exactly 1% of assessed value.

1% base property tax

The constitutional ad valorem base applies to taxable assessed value.

Voter-approved bond debt

Bonded indebtedness can add a percentage-based amount, which is why Sacramento’s overall ad valorem rate often runs above 1%.

Direct levies

Special taxes, Mello-Roos, park/lighting charges, utility delinquencies and other assessments can appear as separate parcel charges.

Do not appeal a direct levy to the Assessor just because it appears on the property-tax bill. Sacramento County says these non-ad-valorem charges are imposed by separate agencies. The bill lists a levy code and the responsible agency’s contact information.

Official Sacramento County direct-levy explanation Understand Direct Levies

Sacramento County Deed, Deed of Trust and Lien Search

The Clerk/Recorder’s online index covers recorded Sacramento County documents dating back to the nineteenth century. It is useful for identifying the document, but the public online index does not display the actual recorded image.

Online index is best for

Grant deeds and other deeds.
Deeds of trust.
Reconveyances.
Assignments.
Liens.
Finding book/page or other recording references before ordering a copy.

Current recorded-copy fees

Certified copy: $9 first page + $1 each additional page.
Non-certified copy: $8 first page + $1 each additional page.
Actual documents can also be viewed at Clerk/Recorder office locations.

Real-property transfer clue: Sacramento County recording requirements use the Assessor’s Parcel Number as one of the identifying items when a document transfers real property. Starting with the APN can therefore make deed research much faster.

Official Sacramento County recorded-document index Search Recorded Documents

Sacramento County Property Search Not Working?

Problem	Why it happens	Best next step
You searched owner name online and found nothing	Owner information is deliberately not displayed in Parcel Viewer.	Search the address/APN and contact the Assessor for ownership information tied to a specific parcel.
You know the address but ePropTax asks for APN	Tax lookup is APN-driven.	Use Parcel Viewer first and copy the 14-digit APN.
Parcel Viewer gives several possibilities	Multi-parcel sites, address formatting or adjacent parcels.	Zoom to the location, click the parcel and compare land use, subdivision and map details.
Current secured bill looks old	The previous annual bill remains displayed until the new October bill is issued.	Check the fiscal year rather than assuming the site is wrong.
Boat/business-equipment tax bill cannot be found online	Personal-property bills are not available through the standard online bill lookup.	Call the Unsecured Property Tax Unit at 916-874-7833.
Assessed value rose more than 2%	Possible ownership change, new construction or Prop 8 recovery.	Review base-year and Prop 8 status before assuming a Prop 13 error.
Tax bill is more than assessed value × 1%	Voter-approved bond debt and direct levies.	Read each direct levy and contact the listed issuing district for charge-specific disputes.
Bought home but received another tax bill later	Supplemental reassessment after change in ownership.	Do not assume it is a duplicate of the October annual bill; compare bill type and assessment period.
Mortgage lender says it paid taxes but supplemental bill arrived	Supplemental bills are generally sent to the owner, not the mortgage company.	Ask the lender whether escrow covers supplementals before the bill becomes delinquent.
Parcel-map line conflicts with a fence	Assessor maps are not legal surveys.	Review recorded map/deed documents and obtain survey assistance when a legal boundary matters.

Sacramento County Property Tax Offices and Phone Numbers

Office	Use it for	Current contact details
County Assessor — Real Property	Assessed value, parcel data, real-property appraisal and discrepancies.	3636 American River Drive, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95864-5952 916-875-0700 Phone 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; office 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Assessor — Homeowners’ Exemption	Homeowners’ Exemption qualification and filing questions.	916-875-0710
Assessor — Business Personal Property	571-L, business fixtures/equipment assessment and e-SDR questions.	916-875-0730 PPDutyApr@SacCounty.gov
Tax Collector — Secured Tax	Annual secured bills, payments and secured delinquency.	700 H Street, Room 1710, Sacramento, CA 95814 916-874-6622 TaxSecured@saccounty.gov Counter 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; phone 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Tax Collector — Unsecured Personal Property	Business equipment, boat, aircraft and other unsecured tax bills/payments.	700 H Street, Room 1710, Sacramento, CA 95814 916-874-7833 TaxPprop@saccounty.gov Counter 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; phone 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Assessment Appeals Board	Formal assessment appeals.	700 H Street, Suite 2450, Sacramento, CA 95814 916-874-8174 AssessmentAppeals@SacCounty.gov Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
County Clerk/Recorder	Deeds, deeds of trust, reconveyances, liens and recorded copies.	3636 American River Drive, Suite 110, Sacramento, CA 95864 916-874-6334 Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Assessor call script

“I am calling about APN [14-digit APN] at [address]. I need to verify the 2026–27 [assessed value / property characteristic / exemption / supplemental assessment].”

Tax Collector call script

“I am calling about APN [number] and fiscal year [year]. I need the current [secured / unsecured / supplemental] balance and want to confirm the correct payment deadline.”

Appeals Board script

“I am preparing an appeal for APN [number]. Please confirm the filing deadline, correct assessment type, required $30 fee and whether my application is complete before I submit the original paper form.”

Official Sacramento County Property Action Links

Use these only after you know which system controls your task.

Search parcel by address

Find the APN, assessed values, map, recent sales and parcel characteristics.

Assessor Parcel Viewer

Search secured tax bill

Use the 14-digit APN to review annual secured billing and payment information.

ePropTax

Personal-property tax

Review unsecured business, boat, aircraft and other personal-property tax information.

Unsecured Tax Unit

Business Property Statement

Review 571-L, e-SDR and current business-property filing information.

Business Property Forms

2026 assessment appeal

Confirm the exact annual filing period, $30 fee and paper filing instructions.

Assessment Appeals Board

Recorded deed search

Identify deeds, deeds of trust, reconveyances and liens before requesting copies.

Recorded Document Index

Sacramento County Property Tax FAQs

What is the official Sacramento County Assessor property search?

Use Sacramento County Assessor Parcel Viewer for a public search by street address or Assessor’s Parcel Number. It provides parcel and assessment information, but owner names are not displayed online because of county privacy restrictions.

How do I search Sacramento County property by address?

Open Assessor Parcel Viewer and enter the street address. Select the correct parcel, verify the location and save the 14-digit APN. You can then use that APN in ePropTax to locate the secured property-tax bill.

Can I search Sacramento County property by owner name online?

No. Sacramento County says Assessor owner information is not displayed through the online Parcel Viewer because of privacy concerns. For ownership information tied to a specific property, contact the Assessor or use the public-information resources at its office; use recorded deeds when legal ownership proof is required.

Where can I find my Sacramento County property tax bill?

Use ePropTax with the property’s 14-digit APN for secured property-tax information. If you know only the address, first find the APN in Assessor Parcel Viewer. Personal-property bills for items such as business equipment, boats and aircraft are not available through the normal online bill search.

How are property taxes calculated in California?

Start with taxable assessed value after applicable exemptions. Apply the 1% Proposition 13 base rate plus applicable voter-approved bond debt, then add parcel-specific direct levies or special charges. Do not simply multiply current market value by 1% unless the market value happens to equal the taxable assessed value and the parcel has no other charges.

What is the property tax rate in Sacramento County?

Proposition 13 provides a 1% base rate plus voter-approved bonded debt. Sacramento County says the resulting ad valorem rate averages roughly 1.1% countywide, but the actual rate depends on the property’s tax-rate area and the final bill can also contain direct levies that are not calculated from assessed value.

What is the 2026 Sacramento County property assessment appeal deadline?

The Assessment Appeals Board’s current 2026 annual filing period is July 2 through November 30, 2026. The Board charges a $30 non-refundable processing fee per application/year and currently requires the original signed paper application.

When is Sacramento County personal property tax due in 2026?

Sacramento County says 2026–27 unsecured personal-property bills were mailed July 17, 2026 and can be paid without delinquent penalties through August 31, 2026. Contact the Unsecured Property Tax Unit at 916-874-7833 because personal-property bills are not available through the standard online bill lookup.

What is the difference between secured and unsecured property tax in Sacramento County?

Annual secured taxes are generally secured by real property and are billed once yearly with two installment deadlines. Unsecured taxes include many business fixtures, business personal property, boats and aircraft and are generally due in one annual payment. Different bill-search and collection procedures apply.

What is a Sacramento County supplemental property tax bill?

A supplemental bill results when a change in ownership or completed new construction creates a value change outside the normal annual roll. It is separate from the October annual secured bill, uses a monthly proration factor, and is generally sent directly to the owner rather than the mortgage company.

Best Sacramento County Search Order

Start with Assessor Parcel Viewer when you know an address. Save the 14-digit APN, then use ePropTax for the secured tax bill. Use the Assessor—not the Tax Collector—for assessed-value, parcel, exemption or Prop 13 questions, and use the Unsecured Property Tax Unit when the bill concerns business personal property, a boat or aircraft.

For 2026, remember the time-sensitive items: unsecured personal-property tax is due August 31, the annual Assessment Appeals Board window runs through November 30, and the 2026–27 secured annual bill is normally issued in October. Always verify the live bill before paying.